diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/abstract_renderer.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/abstract_renderer.rb
index 1656cf7ec7..03feeff16c 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/abstract_renderer.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/abstract_renderer.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,18 @@ module ActionView
     end
 
     protected
-
+    
+    def extract_details(options)
+      details = {}
+      @lookup_context.registered_details.each do |key|
+        next unless value = options[key]
+        details[key] = Array.wrap(value)
+      end
+      details
+    end
+    
+    
+    
     def extract_format(value, details)
       if value.is_a?(String) && value.sub!(formats_regexp, "")
         ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "Passing the format in the template name is deprecated. " \
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/template_renderer.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/template_renderer.rb
index f3e7378f2b..ac91d333ba 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/template_renderer.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/template_renderer.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module ActionView
   class TemplateRenderer < AbstractRenderer #:nodoc:
     def render(context, options)
       @view    = context
-      @details = options.slice(:formats, :locale, :handlers)
+      @details = extract_details(options)
       extract_format(options[:file] || options[:template], @details)
       template = determine_template(options)
       freeze_formats(template.formats, true)
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/render_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/render_test.rb
index 634e1cdd9f..5637f3f42e 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/render_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/render_test.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module RenderTestCases
   def test_render_file_with_format
     assert_equal "<h1>No Comment</h1>", @view.render(:file => "comments/empty", :formats => [:html])
     assert_equal "<error>No Comment</error>", @view.render(:file => "comments/empty", :formats => [:xml])
+    assert_equal "<error>No Comment</error>", @view.render(:file => "comments/empty", :formats => :xml)
   end
 
   def test_render_template_with_format
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ module RenderTestCases
   
   def test_render_file_with_locale
     assert_equal "<h1>Kein Kommentar</h1>", @view.render(:file => "comments/empty", :locale => [:de])
+    assert_equal "<h1>Kein Kommentar</h1>", @view.render(:file => "comments/empty", :locale => :de)
   end
   
   def test_render_template_with_locale
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ module RenderTestCases
   
   def test_render_file_with_handlers
     assert_equal "<h1>No Comment</h1>\n", @view.render(:file => "comments/empty", :handlers => [:builder])
+    assert_equal "<h1>No Comment</h1>\n", @view.render(:file => "comments/empty", :handlers => :builder)
   end
   
   def test_render_template_with_handlers